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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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